Harvey Weinstein In Jailhouse Interview: “I have a couple movies left in me”

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein appears to believe that it’s just a matter of time before he’s back in the business of making movies, a new interview suggests. Speaking with Page Six, the 72-year-old former media mogul suggests that far-right pundit Candace Owens will help to exonerate him of claims made by over 90 women of sexual misconduct and sexual assault.

Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape in New York in 2020 after scores of women, including Rose McGowan, Kate Beckinsale, and Angelina Jolie, came forward with allegations against him. In 2022, he was convicted of three more sex crimes charges in a separate trial in Los Angeles; in 2024, his first conviction was overturned after an appeals court ruled that mistakes had been made during his trial. His retrial on those original New York charges, as well as some previously unheard accusations, is scheduled to begin jury selection on April 15.

In a report published Friday, Page Six scribe Ian Mohr writes that Weinstein “was in a good mood” during a jailhouse interview, despite his current incarceration at Rikers Island. “This is a horrible place, no one should be here,” Weinstein reportedly said of the detention facility, which also hosted him during his first trial five years ago.

The Miramax co-founder perked up when discussing Owens, whose claims that “Hollywood is run by sinister Jewish gangs” is one of the reasons she was awarded advocacy group StopAntisemitism’s Antisemite of the Year crown in 2024. The podcaster, who cut ties with far-right outlet The Daily Wire last year over her false claims about Jewish people, announced last month that she’s been in contact with Weinstein since 2022 and has grown to believe that the prominent donor to Democratic and liberal causes was also the victim of a “politicized” courtroom.

“I’ve always had faith in our court system, and now that’s beginning to change,” Owens said in an announcement of her upcoming attempt to exonerate Weinstein.

According to Weinstein, Owens “is going to be a superstar, and I have been around stars.”

“She’s doing investigative reporting on her podcast,” he says, admitting that “My views are completely different than hers, but she’s tough and tenacious.”

He also appears to believe that between the New York retrial and Owens’ work, he might soon be free. “I have a couple movies left in me,” he told Mohr, but said he’d also be content to spend time with his children if he is somehow released.

But that, like Owens’ claims about a secret cabal that runs Hollywood, might be pure fantasy. Even if he prevails in his second New York prosecution, he still has a 16-year sentence in California to serve. While Weinstein’s defense team has also appealed that conviction, as of publication time, that conviction still stands. Given the elderly defendant’s frail health, a return to the producer’s chair seems unlikely, indeed.